The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-03-02
Weekly News Summary.
Vermont.

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IT is expected that soldiers monument
will be erected at Middlebury the coming
season.
III. w. FARRAR, town treasurer and promi-
nent business man of Swanton, died Feb
ruary 81
THE eight-year-old son Of Speaker Grout.
at Derby Line, was badly hurt while coast
ing recently.
REV. ID. w. PHELPS was installed as pas
tor OF the Wilmington Baptist church on
February 10th
CHIrTENpEN county temperance men nom
mated f. b. Andrews of Richmond for
county commissioner.
BURLINGTON democrats nominated Alder
man f. NJ. Sutton for mayor and renom-
mated City Judge w. II. Hare.
THE Woodstock Methodist church is to
undergo thorough repairs, g 100 having al
ready been raised for the purpose.
-. AUNT MERINA WRIGHT of Town Line
formerly of BrdporD is in good health.
Her age is 10i years, so say the records.
p. SHELLEY, Bennington tobacco dealer,
was found dead in his store on Friday morn
ing. He was thirty-five and unmarried.
AT the republican city caucus of Burling-
ton General w w. Henry was nominated
for mayor and j. w. Russell for city Judge.
Hon. 1t p. POLAND, who is in Burlington,
in attendance on the United States court,
iih' htVu StllOuSlI III, DuU Is now recover
ing.
A ST. JoHNsBURY dispatch saws that
William f. Dian has been arrested again
by Sheriff Sulloway on the charge of iufanti-
eide.
II. G. WILCOX of Bangor, n. Y, injured
in the late railroad accident at Hartford
died Monday. Erysipelas setting in caused
death.
CHARLES NJ. MARSH, a former member of
n TO hlr and
Mason died Saturday at Lake View Retreat,
Burlington.
EZRA PECUE of Addison committed sui
cide Wednesday by taking arsenic. He was
well-to-do farmer and leaves wife and
four children.
a CoNGREGATIoNAL council ordained Mr..
L. E. Upper at Post Mills Thursday Mr..
Upper is graduate of the University of
Vermont, 70.
Miss SELINDA BROMLEY, aged sixty-six,
died recently in Castleton. She had re-
sided alone in town for forty-fve years, and
was eccentric.
GENERAL STEPHEN THOMAS of Montpelier
will deliver the Memorial day address at
East Thetford; Commander Blodgett of st.
Johnsbury at Manchester Depot.
REV. C. p. WATSON, formerly a Congre-
gational minister at Sheldon, died few
days ago at the residence of his son, Dr.
Arthur Watson, in Greeley, Col.
| IT is said that there is one saloon keeper
| IN this village who pays fines of nearly
$4,000 year and still keeps in business,
yet making money.-Rutland Teiegrdm
Mrs. THOMAS FLYNN died at Georgia
Plains last week of apopexy. Deceased
was about sixty years old and had, for
several days previous to her death, been in
a deep sleep.
| DAVID PARKER, one of the oldest mer-
chants in the shoe and leather trade in Bos-
! ton, died at his home in Dorchester Thurs
day. He was born in Randolph, VT, De-
cember "A, 1903, and went to Boston, poor
boy, in 1896
GENERAL MANAGER HOBART and Mrs.
Hobart accompanied by DR.. o. +. Fassett,
| and Mrs. Fassett, left last week Tuesday for
an extended trip through Mexico and Cali
fornia. The party will be absent two
months or more.
THE effects of a severe winter are unmis-
| takably shown in the unusual prevalence
of pneumonia in nearly every quarter of the
state. According to official records seven
and one-half feet of snow had fallen up to
the first of this month.
ED. SoUTHwoRTH, one of the oldest con-
ductors on the Passumpsic railroad, slipped
and fell to the track between two cars as
his train was approaching White River
Junction the oath. Several cars passed over
him, killing him instantly.
II. c. WHITES mill at North Bennington
was totally burned Thursday. The loss is
from $4,000 to So 900 and insurance 5000.
The cause of the fire is unknown. The mill
was one hundred fifty feet long and three
stories high and made fancy boxes.
The following patents have been granted
to Vermonters: Andrew j. Kay, Beebe
Plain, case for postage stamps, etc; Edward
l.. Sibley, Bennington, riveting machine
Edward l.. Sibley, Bennington, rivet; Albert
E. Shackford, Brattleboro, incubator.
BURCHARD RELIEF CORPS was recently or
ganized at Townshend There were twenty
four charter members, the oldest of whom
is Mrs. Mary Burchard of Newfane, eighty
four years old. The corps is named after
her son, Sardis Burchard, who died of starva-
ton in one of the southern prisons.
WHILE William Thompson was crossing
the PaSsumpsic railroad track at West
Burke Monday his sleigh was struck by a
large snow pillow and he was instantly killed.
1t was showing hard, and the engine was
not seen or heard. He was aged about
forty-ive and leaves wife and two children.
LITTLE MAUD HUNTLEY of Sutton met
with serious accident while sliding on the
crust. She ran into a fence one stake of
which penetrated her bowels. Three doc
tors We're summoned who at first thought
her injuries fatal, but after an operation
was performed she rallied, and is now ap-
} parently in fair way to recover.
The engineer of the down mail train for
Boston soon after leaving Mount Holly
saw a man lying beside the track Stopping
the train, il proved to be Will VIM OF
Mount Holly. 1t is supposed that the up
mail, which had just passed, struck him, as
he was killed instantly, the top and back OF
his head being cut off, also one arm.
: THE British parliament last July passed
an act giving to the medical graduates OF
the University of Vermont the privilege OF
registration as physicians and surgeons and
the right to practice medicine in any part OF
Great Britain or its provinces without
further examination, provided they are not
British subjects. The medical department
of the University of Vermont is now the
only medical school in the United States
which enjoys this distinction.
t COLONEL o. n. ELKINs of North Troy died
of typho-malarial fever last Wednesday at
3 the age of forty-nne. He was member o.
1 Governor Smiths staff during the war and
a member of the Legislature in 1872 and 1873
: He was largely instrumental in building the
9 Mssisquoi * Clyde river railway, being
secretary and treasurer of the company for
/ several years. He was member of state
district and county republican committees
was postmaster for tweuty-four years and
! had held nearly every town office.
: WoRKMEN representing about 200 EN-
4 ployes of the large marble companies a
:, West Rutland have demanded an increase
: of pay and an answer is to be given by tn,
!, companies March .. a strike is expected II
l the reply is unsatisfactory. The companies
, thus far included in the demand are the